Can Michal Zyro swoop help Wolves winter revival continue?

No Jackett required where youth is concerned

Nouha Dicko, Graham and Benik Afobe were joined by Conor Coady and fellow Liverpool almunus Sheyi Ojo (loan), among others, in moving to Molineux. All are in their early 20s or younger, and Zyro fits that profile too.

With Legia Warsaw in his homeland, he has already won plenty of trophies. For what they’re worth, Zyro’s CV contains four Polish Cups and two Ekstraklasa titles.

At 6ft 3in, he is tall for a winger and Jackett believes left-footer Zyro could do a job up front as well. “With his physique and his power, can play in any of the four forward positions,” the Wolves boss said of his new signing.

“Most of his time has been playing 4-3-3, either wide right or left, and he is strong in the air.” Such versatility in attacking areas should see Zyro act as cover for long-term Wanderers injury absentee Dicko.

Another Lewandowski?

A Legia Warsaw director has described Zyro as the best young Polish player since current Bayern Munich poacher Robert Lewandowski, which may be doing a disservice to Sevilla anchorman and rumoured Arsenal target Grzegorz Krychowiak.

For a second tier team like Wolves to sign up Zyro, then, should be regarded as a major coup, but the Molineux fanbase could also be forgiven for treating this Poland prospect with some cynicism.

Experience makes supporters of this team wary, especially as Wanderers’ last Polish signing, Slawomir Peszko, was also a winger – and one who showed a proclivity for diving before being sent back to Cologne after 11 appearances.

With handsome promotions odds of 25/1, Wolves‘ latest wonder Zyro will have to reproduce what everyone in the know back home says about him in order to both cement his squad spot for the Euros and establish his new team in the play-off picture.

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